"Royal Guards? Did they take the Assassins and all the evidence with them? ”

Seeing Xiao Tong's cautious appearance, Cheng Chuliang began to understand why this Taiyuan Mansion Yin wanted to deceive him.

What is the royal secret guard, Cheng Chuliang has naturally heard a lot, in fact, he is the secret guard and secret agent who has been hidden by the emperor's side, and his main duty is to protect the emperor's safety and investigate some secret things for the emperor, such as whether an official is corrupt and perverts the law, which courtier has a heart of disobedience, etc.

The official position of the secret guard is not big, but he is a real minion of the Son of Heaven, representing the will of the emperor, and many officials have taboos against them.

"It's not them." Xiao Tong glanced around vigilantly, and said bitterly: "Cheng Dudu, you are a concubine, and you are General Ning Yuan, you have won the emperor's respect and trust, you naturally don't have to worry about them, and they don't dare to provoke you, but the lower official is different, the lower official is just a small Taiyuan Mansion Yin, if you are really targeted by them, you have to shed your skin if you don't die!" ”

"It's not as exaggerated as you say, the rules of the royal guards are strict, and they don't dare to easily probe any court officials without the emperor's will." Cheng Chuliang said: "Besides, as long as Lord Xiao is an upright official, even if he is really targeted by them, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

Xiao Tong couldn't help but despise Cheng Chuliang fiercely in his heart, he really didn't have a backache when he stood and talked, what is the meaning of 'what is the danger of wanting to add to the crime', if someone wants to find fault, even if he can pick out the bones in the egg, let alone he is a Taiyuan Mansion Yin.

Besides, how many of these officials are truly incorruptible? There is no big greed, but there are still a lot of small cheap or small gifts given by subordinates during the New Year's holidays, if they are all traced out, it is strange that there can be good fruits to eat!

"Do you know why they took the Assassins?"

"Where will the next official know." Xiao Tong replied: "That Lord Tian has come and gone without a trace, and the lower officials don't have that opportunity even if they want to ask." ”

"A secret guard surnamed Tian?" Cheng Chuliang nodded lightly, "Okay, since they interfered, you just do what they tell you to do, and Cheng won't bother here more." ”

Arching his hand at Xiao Tong, Cheng Chuliang turned around and left directly.

There are hundreds of secret guards around the emperor, and Cheng Chuliang can't know them all, but Cheng Chuliang, a secret guard surnamed Tian, happens to really know two.

"The secret guard Xiao Tong saw is surnamed Tian, and there is news from Chang'an that Li Siwen came to Taiyuan with Tang Xiu during this time, this secret guard surnamed Tian can't be the two little cubs under Li Siwen, right?"

Out of the mansion, Cheng Chuliang thought thoughtfully, directly got on the horse and whipped up, and rushed to the manor area in the east of the city.

Tang Xiu's assassination, the matter can be big or small, but now that even the secret guard around the emperor has been pulled out, no matter whether the secret guard is deliberately impersonated by someone or there is really someone else, this matter itself is not a trivial matter.

Chang'an, Great Mercy and Grace Temple.

In the largest hall of the Ci'en Temple, more than a dozen craftsmen and monks are constantly fiddling with a wooden bench more than ten meters high, and Master Xuanzang and Li Zhi stand in the corner of the door and stop to watch.

The wooden frame is built in imitation of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, although it is much smaller than the real Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but only one model is enough.

It is now nearly June, and there are more than ten days before the sacrifice of the eldest grandson empress, in order to be sure that the Buddha relics of that day can be foolproof, they must demonstrate several times before the festival, only in this way can they find and solve the problem in advance, and ensure that there will be no mistakes.

During this time, Li Zhi would walk to this Temple of Mercy and Grace as long as he had leisure to check the progress of the project, and he couldn't help but care about whether his position as the Son of Heaven could be stabilized.

The craftsmen who can come here to contribute are all skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, and it is not a problem for them to build a wooden tower with an empty shelf, so from yesterday to now, it has only been a whole day that they have already built a rough prototype, and it will be completely completed in half an hour at most.

After a while, seeing that the monks below had stopped moving the wood, and now there were only a few craftsmen on the tower who kept knocking on it, and seeing that it was about to end, Li Zhi asked Xuanzang softly: "Master Xuanzang, ...... that luminous pearl?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured," Xuanzang bent down slightly and replied respectfully: "The luminous pearl has been exposed outside for more than two hours, and after continuous testing in the past few days, two hours of exposure during the day is enough to make the luminous pearl continue to shine for twelve hours." ”

"After a while, you only need to put the luminous pearl on the top of the tower, and the emperor can more intuitively appreciate the Buddha's light effect brought by this luminous pearl."

Li Zhi nodded slightly, although the expression on his face did not change much, but from the flashing light in his eyes, Xuanzang still saw the excitement that was well hidden by him.

As soon as the Buddha's light comes out, it will inevitably shock the entire Datang realm, and when the time comes, see who dares to question his position as the Son of Heaven again, and who dares to criticize it in private, saying that it is because of his succession that it has brought endless disasters to Datang?

The light of the Buddha shines, and ten thousand temples come to the court.

This is the Buddhist temple that he Li Zhi personally supervised and built, and now it has attracted Buddhist relics and attracted Buddha light, and his reputation as the Tang Emperor will inevitably become famous all over the world!

By this time, the craftsman on the wooden frame had stopped beating and began to slowly descend from the top of the ladder that had been set aside in advance. After going down to the grassroots level, the craftsman led by him bowed down and reported to Li Zhi and Xuanzang: "Your Majesty, Master Xuanzang, the wooden tower has been built, I wonder if there are any changes that need to be made below?" ”

"No need," Li Zhi waved his hand and said softly: "After you go back, you will each receive a reward of fifty yuan, so let's go down!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" The craftsman's face was happy, the emperor was really generous, fifty yuan was almost enough to catch up with their year's silver, and they had done such a long errand in the Ministry of Industry, and it was the first time they had encountered such a heavy reward.

After thanking him, the craftsman left the Buddha hall with his subordinates. The other monks have also been sent away by Xuanzang at this time, and for a while, there were only two people in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Li Zhi and Xuanzang.

"The emperor waits, the poor monk has asked people to fetch the luminous pearls, and they will be able to come over immediately."

Xuanzang's words fell, and he saw an elderly monk holding a brocade box, and under the escort of the other two warrior monks, he hurriedly entered the main hall.

After the three of them stepped forward to meet Li Zhi and Xuanzang, Xuanzang turned his head and asked Li Zhi for instructions, and after getting Li Zhi's approval, Xuanzang waved his hand and motioned the three monks to continue the next step.

The old monk walked up the stairs with the brocade box, climbed all the way to the top of the wooden pagoda, opened the brocade box, and put the luminous beads wrapped in black silk in the brocade box into the empty groove reserved at the top of the tower.

The other two warrior monks walked around, lit candles, closed the windows, put the curtains, and after a while, the entire Daxiong Hall was sealed tightly, and only a few candles inside could barely see a trace of light.

"Elder Yan, let's start!" Seeing that everything was ready to stop, Xuanzang shouted an order to the old monk above.

After that, the monk raised his hand in response, and gently uncovered the silk covering the luminous beads, and for a while, the room was full of light, and the whole wooden pagoda was shining brightly, and the strong light illuminated everyone in the hall all closed their eyes invariably, and it took a long time to slowly open it again.